, 1887-03-12

member OF Parliament, bears the charac-
ter of an honorable man, without, it is TO
he supposed, being above the desire COM
mon 70 human beings in civilized societies,
to promote his mateIia interests, but he is
not accused Of being actuated in undue
measure by selfish motives. 1t Is there
fore to be presumed, that what he states
Of Russia is founded on fact, and that there
must exist som reason for his satirical
remark on things in England. The Rus.
sian system proves, that the par excellence
paternal government of that country, is 10
be- credited with the best intentions, that
it aSpireS more to do what it considers to
be to the advantage Of the people, than t.
provide comfortable berthS for the medical
profession. But il has evidently OverShOt
the mark.
The price for a Doctors visit may be
regulated by u law. ta'iff, bur how, and by
what means you can enforce the prescribed
readiness to attend one ut the ''mOn-pay-
ing" patients, is in practice az impossible
for all the ordinances Of the world, az it is,
for a hundred men to make The horse
drink, which one mar with ease leads to
the water. The quail, les Of a good doctor
the very word StirS up pleasant kindred
feelings and ass &c 6tiOnS-aTe Of too high
u character, TO lie within the teach of HE
legislator, they are moral, and the man
must be to the thing born. Neither can
they b. looked upon ~ merely ideal, they
exist, and nave existed, and / could from
experience give quite IA little list Of such
instances, were it not that the naming of
some, virtually implies the exclusion of
those that are not named. There are
things, which are the subj ct ct daily
private conversation, and which may be
alluded to, but not consistently with the
rules of polite society hr named before he
public. That the Russian laws Over>lO0t
the mark, is evident, bat | cann1t think
otherwise, than that Truth, in mention
ing the Russian CO rciOn system among
the things worthy OF imitation, has been
hut for a small part in earmeS else |
would say also OF "Tru;h", that it had
overShOt the mark. 1t would, however.
then only have been gull OF what could
happen to amy, although generally clever
and expert, hunter in the heat Of The chase,
whether til" game, OF which he il in 'ur.
suit, he truth, Il abbit or mOuntain-dovt,
or the golden calf.
Therefore, whatever may hp cOrSid red
proper in II Semi .rbarouS country, in u
civilized community u tariff fm dOcl br's
fees must he cOH>id red Ont nf the qupS.
ti0I. The only remedy ag liEsr thu evil,
against which Truth" contends, in u state
Of Kings, in which ther exists u sufficient
number Of men, qualified To practise the
profession; in more extensive countries,
this comes Of itself, ami produces AL that
is repaired, viz: ''cOnpetition"- Where
ci cumStancpS create obstacles ,n - reason.
able competition, there lies Il fed open for
Government interference by removing the
obstacle. This is what has been success
fully done on former occasions, and ought
To be done under existing circumstances;
this iS what he p titiOH. lately refe' red to
mo e than once, had in view to bring
about. To say that more than two phys
clan cannot make n living here, iS An un-
founded unrtencp, bur of course, there in
living and living, and there is ii difference
between an income equal tn that at apprO-
priately Salarird law Off rs, aud one leav-
ing u GOO surplus besides for accumulation.
OF course the establishment of "A third
ply ician, in the selection IF whom. the
AN hOrltjtE would he presumed 10 exercise
great care amd impa. liality, could not
otherwise than work contrary tp the inter
eSI Of the two, hose number would Ihe.e.
by he increased but they wou'd nave
simply 10 remember, that cOmSide, atoms Of
thar kind, we've nO impeachment to their
coming, with the same assistance as is now
demanded to be rendered ~ new conner,
and that what is urged for. is no more
than what they 0ugh, long ago to have ex-
pected, aud the L~andphySicuS perhaps to